The prediction of lubrication characteristics for compounds through tribological models would aid in the discovery of new lubricant additives and improved lubricant design. But until recently, the field of tribological prediction has been sparse and not systematic. Tribological processes are complex and involve molecular energy exchange as well as conformation transitions. We have developed a platform of a "quantitative structure tribo-ability relationship (QSTR)," which enables us to introduce well-developed quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) methods into tribology systemati...
